Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 28 Small Town
Its daybreak.

Captain Mo and others also received the latest instructions from above.

"The Hope Base is gone. The higher-ups want us to rush to the Central Taoyuan Base as soon as possible to join them."

A landslide blocked the road, and before everyone could recover from the disappointment of losing the Hope Base, they had to get back to work repairing the road.

Before, when Captain Mo asked who would volunteer to go, no one said anything.

Now just order the people to get out of the truck if they don't obey.

It’s a thousand kilometers from Hope Base to Taoyuan Base in the central part of the country.

At the current speed, if everything goes smoothly, it will take four or five days to drive.

If I were to walk on my legs, I would probably turn into food for mutated animals and plants before I even reach my destination.

The troops nowadays are different from the troops before the disaster. They just fight with real guns and real swords, and no one will be subject to your moral kidnapping.

So the few adults who originally wanted to hide in the car jumped off the truck, picked up the various weapons and tools they carried with them, and joined the road repair team ahead.

Zhao Gang is no exception.

Shen Que said she could help him look after the child, but Zhao Gang didn't trust her, so he just left his mountaineering bag, took the rope, and went with the child on his back.

After a night of escape, everyone was forced to wake up from their sleep. After a night of tossing and turning, their energy was almost at its limit.

The adults were exhausted, let alone the children.

Zhao Xiaoxiu originally wanted to work with her father, but before she knew it, she fell asleep on her father's back.

Zhao Gang deliberately slowed down his movements so that his cub could sleep more comfortably.

He takes a slacking approach to work. If someone asks him to do his job, he will do his part. If no one asks him to do his job, he will just join others in pushing the rocks down.

However, as soon as his tentacle ability was revealed, it was noticed by many people.

Today's evolving humans are still in the early stages of evolution, and most people are still in the process of exploring their own evolutionary abilities.

As a result, when he turned around, he saw Zhao Gang waving his blood-red flesh tentacles, which could smash a large rock with one swing. He almost dropped his jaw in shock.

The team was led by a power-evolved officer named Wei.

Seeing Zhao Gang's powerful blood touch, he was shocked and at the same time, he felt a strong sense of doubt.

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.

The people around him didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhao Gang's blood touch, they just envied him for being able to evolve such a powerful ability.

But Commander Wei knew that the evolutionary drugs currently developed by biological companies were mainly focused on strengthening the evolution direction.

If your body already has certain strengths before taking the potion, then there is a high probability that this advantage will be multiplied after taking the potion.

Zhao Gang's blood touch directly changed a person's biological structure. This was the first time he had seen such a thing.

Could it be a new direction of evolution that the researchers themselves have not yet discovered?
Commander Wei couldn't help but look at Zhao Gang a few more times.

The man was tall, with a crew cut and a neatly trimmed beard. His strong facial features made him look a bit cold and unapproachable when expressionless.

His right hand turned into a bloody touch to sweep up the fallen rocks, and his left hand was wrapped behind his back, supporting the small bag on his back.

Commander Wei took a closer look and realized that it was not a bundle at all, but clearly a child of about three years old.

I didn’t expect that this guy is such a responsible dad.

In an instant, the doubts in General Wei's heart dissipated a lot.

A man who can keep his children by his side and take care of them all the time can't have bad instincts.

There is strength in numbers. Two hours later, the road was cleared and the convoy continued to move forward.

From beginning to end, there were a total of one hundred and thirty-five vehicles.

Among them, military trucks accounted for more than half, and the rest were private off-road vehicles and vans following the troops.

The roads leading from Hope Base to the other four bases have always been maintained by dedicated personnel.

The highway before the disaster was the best preserved section, but due to the extremely destructive power of the mutated plants, several bridge sections have collapsed, necessitating a detour via the national highway.

The detour will pass through the town, and the convoy can rest and resupply at the gas station specially set up in the town. In the past year, the contacts between the five major bases have been very close.

Special troops are also stationed at the refueling and supply stations along the way.

The convoy's progress was relatively smooth on the first day. By evening, it had traveled more than 300 kilometers.

But then, the problem of severe food shortage broke out.

The troops have their own supply trucks, so food and drinking water are not a problem.

However, most of the residents who fled in an emergency did not have much food stored.

You can still hold on during the day, but at night, fatigue and hunger come at the same time and no one can bear it.

Someone asked: "Can the points still be used? Can they be exchanged for some water?"

These words were shouted at Commander Wei.

Got no response.

As long as there is no chaos in the world, they will not interfere.

The huge team of nearly 6,000 people stopped around their respective vehicles.

Some people gathered in groups of three or four, while others stayed alone in the corner.

The most lively ones were the large hunting teams, which had large numbers of people and strong strength, and they took all the supplies they could carry during the emergency evacuation.

They gathered around the campfire, eating delicious food, and some were drinking and playing cards, as if they were on a picnic.

Someone came up quietly and wanted to exchange some food, but the points trading became ineffective.

Everyone then clearly realized that the base was gone, and the order and rules previously established based on the base had lost their function.

In this case, we can only use the most primitive means to obtain food.

The sounds of fighting and cries for help came out one after another from hidden corners, and people acted as if nothing had happened and were used to it.

"After a year of good days, I almost forgot what kind of world we live in." Shen Que sat in the passenger seat of the truck, sipping nutrient solution and said sarcastically.

Mother Shen leaned on the driver's seat. She had been driving this truck all the way and finally had a chance to take a break. She just wanted to be quiet.

She glared at her daughter in warning, "You better keep quiet."

Shen Que shrugged, jumped out of the car and walked towards his hunting team's camp.

That's where young people should be.

"Hey?" Shen Que stopped in front of an abandoned convenience store.

The convoy stopped in a small town tonight, and Captain Mo and his men had a gas station to rest for supplies.

The rest of the people either rested in the car or found a place to lie down in the dilapidated town.

This convenience store on the street is still relatively intact. The mutated weeds around it can be burned with torches, so it is still a good place to live.

However, such a good place would normally have been targeted by someone long ago.

The reason why Shen Que was surprised was that she found that there were only two people, one big and one small, in the room.

Zhao Gang threw all the overturned counters and shelves in the convenience store outside, cleared out a clean area, put a door panel he found on it, spread a clean thin quilt on it, and put Zhao Xiaoxiu on it.

The solar flashlight was on, hanging from the wall above the door by a rope, illuminating this small corner of the room.

A triangular stove was built with bricks, and a deep small frying pan was placed on it. Inside was chopped evolved pumpkin mixed with water and being cooked. The aroma wafted into people's noses.

Shen Que couldn't help but take a deep breath and walked into the convenience store.

As a result, just as he stepped half a foot into the threshold, a bloody thread swept over.

"My grass!"

Shen Que yelled in shock, quickly dodged to the side, and shouted: "Zhao Gang, don't go too far, I'm just taking a look, I don't want to eat for free!"

(End of this chapter)